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geek

UO’s lord blackthorn gets a makeover, mcfarlane style

In geek on 1 November 2001 tagged geek with Comments Off

the text ultima online game unveiled. if the game sucks, at least you know the toys will kick ass.

sweet

In geek on 19 October 2001 tagged geek with Comments Off

dude!

vaio madness…

In geek on 15 October 2001 tagged design, geek with Comments Off

this seems to be the week for crazy designed electronics. sony’s japan site has released this. the flash animation is cute as well. it reminds me of the kung fu stick figure theatre.

toys solve other toys

In geek on 13 October 2001 tagged geek with Comments Off

when are robots cool? when they’re smarter than you. but what’s cooler than a smart robot? the guy who builds the robot out of lego mindstorms and a cheap webcam to solve rubik’s cubes.
this thing actually rotates the cube on it’s own and shuffles it around until it solves the cube. i just take the [...]

i’m torn

In geek on 12 October 2001 tagged geek with Comments Off

on whether the new nokia 5510 is cool or fugly. if you talk for a while on this thing are you gonna get a big old keyboard on your face or what?

replaytv revived

In geek on 7 September 2001 tagged geek with Comments Off

tivo should watch out. replaytv is back with some kick ass features: ethernet port, sharing video from room to room, share videos even over the internet, progressive output. perfrect for travellers like me and for people who like to trade episodes. time to update your wishlists.

okay last bot post today, promise

In geek on 1 September 2001 tagged geek with Comments Off

lego.com wants to test your building skills. help junkbot take out the trash by building bridges, stairs and walls for him (it?). there are sixty levels to this thing. get busy.

3D TV - no glasses required

In geek on 14 August 2001 tagged geek with Comments Off

see 3D TV without glasses in ddd’s booth #523 at SIGGRAPH.

mini-vent

In geek on 10 April 2001 tagged geek with Comments Off

while at the cafe i was in geek mode and wanted to see what my site looked like on my pda. it kinda looks  cool. ‘i shall call it… ‘mini-vent’.’ at least the content loads first so you can do a quick read and get out. macromedia has flash available on pda’s [...]

and the renderfarm was never the same

In geek on 29 March 2001 tagged geek, software with Comments Off

so you say you’re the fatcat of a technology company and you need to trim the fat? let’s go through the checklist:
- you’ve laid off all the right people (actually you probably laid off the wrong people but…)
- you’ve asked the remaining staff to take pay cuts ‘for a short while’ and take on [...]